וְכִֽי־יֹאמְר֣וּ אֲלֵיכֶ֗ם דִּרְשׁ֤וּ אֶל־הָאֹבוֹת֙ וְאֶל־הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔ים הַֽמְצַפְצְפִ֖ים וְהַמַּהְגִּ֑ים הֲלוֹא־עַם֙ אֶל־אֱלֹהָ֣יו יִדְרֹ֔שׁ בְּעַ֥ד הַחַיִּ֖ים אֶל־הַמֵּתִֽים׃
Debug: verse number 10343Edit time markersWhen men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
/wᵉ xī yōmᵉrū́ ʾălēxém diršū́ ʾel hā ʾōvōt wᵉ ʾel ha-y-yiddᵉʿōnī́m ha mᵉṣafṣᵉfī́m wᵉ ha-m-mahgī́m hă lō ʿam ʾel ʾĕlōhā́w yidrṓš bᵉʿad ha ḥayyī́m ʾel ha-m-mētī́m /
Gloss translation
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- xī
- that
- cnj
- yōmᵉrū́
- say
- v √qal imperf III m pl
- ʾălēxém
- to
- prep + II m pl
- diršū́
- inquire
- v √qal imp! II m pl
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾōvōt
- spirit of dead
- n m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yiddᵉʿōnī́m
- soothsayer
- n m pl abs
- ha
- the
- cnj
- mᵉṣafṣᵉfī́m
- whisper
- v √pi part m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ha
- the
- cnj
- -m-mahgī́m
- mutter
- v √hi part m pl abs
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- ʿam
- people
- n m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ʾĕlōhā́w
- god(s)
- n m pl abs + III m sg
- yidrṓš
- inquire
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- bᵉʿad
- distance
- prep sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- ḥayyī́m
- alive
- n m pl abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mētī́m
- die
- n √qal part m pl abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ḵî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yōmᵊrûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔᵃlêḵeˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- diršûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel hā ʔōvôṯ wᵊ ʔel ha yyiddᵊʕōnîˈm
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ha
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- mᵊṣafṣᵊfîˈm
- Relative
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ha
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- mmahgîˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lô
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕam
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ʔᵉlōhāˈʸw
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yiḏrōˈš
- Question
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - bᵊʕaḏ ha ḥayyîˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ha mmēṯîˈm
- Adjunct